What is recorded here
No fairy fort, no magic, no fantasy. This is a real place. A real ancient fort. The chamber is a visible marker on the landscape. The chamber is a place where human life happened. The chamber is a place where memory formed. The chamber is a place where identity was built. The chamber is a place where the district took shape. To dismiss the chamber is to refuse the evidence. To ignore the chamber is to remove a useful part of the world. To mock the chamber is to admit that you cannot face the facts. The chamber is real. The chamber is clear. The chamber is yours to see.
Situated immediately N of a small river and E of a field boundary in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Roughly circular area (35.1m E-W; 33m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.8m) from NW to SE and defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.8m: H 0.8m) from SE to SW, with an external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.5m) NE to SE. The enclosing element is truncated by a field drain at W. The interior slopes down to the SE.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 3 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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